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1: How do you make an echo go to the next line?

2: how do you end a function?

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1. I am not sure about a multiline echo statement. I have only seen an echo for each line and that is how I do it.

2. Use a label and Goto :EOF to emulate a function. You can use Call to execute the function.

A cmd script that I use for Handbrake CLI application that uses the function concept.

@echo off

set HANDBRAKE="%ProgramFiles%\Handbrake\hbcli.exe"

if not exist %HANDBRAKE% (
        echo %HANDBRAKE% not found
        pause
        exit
)

for /d %%i in (*) do (
        call :convert "%CD%\%%i\VIDEO_TS" "%CD%\%%i.avi"
)

exit

:convert
if exist %1 (
        if not exist %2 (
                @echo on
                %HANDBRAKE% --input %1 --output %2 --encoder xvid --aencoder ac3 --two-pass --deblock --arate 48
                @echo off
        ) else (
                echo Skipping %2 as exist already
        )
)
goto :EOF

The cmd script calls ":convert" with parameters "%CD%\%%i\VIDEO_TS" and "%CD%\%%i.avi". The values of the variables %1 and %2 are replaced with the parameters as previous mentioned. Once Goto :EOF is reached, then the script returns to the line following the Call statement.

Note:

EOF = end of file (in which above is used as an end of the called label)

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I have often found excellent answers to my batch file questions here:

http://www.robvanderwoude.com/batchfiles.html

Excellent resource.

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echo .

Just use a period as the parameter to echo a blank line.

Minor tweak: echo.

No space between 'echo' and the dot, or it will just echo '.'

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In one line like this:

echo This is line one && echo This is line two

Perfect! Thank you!

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Minor tweak: echo.

No space between 'echo' and the dot, or it will just echo '.'

:)

[u]Helpful tips:[/u]If you want better answers to your questions, take the time to reproduce your issue in a small "stand alone" example script whenever possible. Also, make sure you tell us 1) what you tried, 2) what you expected to happen, and 3) what happened instead.[u]Useful links:[/u]BrettF's update to LxP's "How to AutoIt" pdfValuater's Autoit 1-2-3 Download page for the latest versions of Autoit and SciTE[quote]<glyph> For example - if you came in here asking "how do I use a jackhammer" we might ask "why do you need to use a jackhammer"<glyph> If the answer to the latter question is "to knock my grandmother's head off to let out the evil spirits that gave her cancer", then maybe the problem is actually unrelated to jackhammers[/quote]

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